Today is a big day for members of @EdLaborCmte! For the 1st time, members will have the opportunity to question Secretary Betsy DeVos on the priorities of the Department of Education.
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Sec. Devos has made it harder for our kids to get a quality education
Called the public school system a “dead end”
Tried to cut funding for Special Olympics
Rolled back protections for students at for-profit colleges.Show this thread
The Dept. of Education has an essential responsibility to ensure students of all different backgrounds, including those with disabilities have access to an education that meets their needs and allows them to fulfill their potential.
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I am concerned that responsibility is not being met, and I look forward to questioning Sec. Devos later today.
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My high school was in a city just outside of NYC and was ranked the 40th best high school out of all public and private schools in the US including all prep schools in the US...today it is 150, but out of 20,000...the school was ethnically and racially diverse...even today it
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is ranked better than every private school in that city and better than most in its county...Westchester... Someone should stuff that fact in Devos' face...When I was a teen we used to joke that private school was for those who couldn't cut it in public
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Make her squirm. Her positions and policy decisions are unjustifiable! We appreciate all you do.
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and this – it details her part in a larger scheme of trying to strip marginalized folks not only of assets but also of future opportunitieshttps://www.theroot.com/1833502107
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Why not let communities take charge of their own education rather than getting the Dept of Education and Sec. DeVos involved?pic.twitter.com/jztgw4bkzv
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Agreed.
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